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Kudos
Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:29:00 AM
by F William (Bill) Broome
| Literary Criticism |
Newsy Notes from Very Good Writers
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Ken Kesey b.1935, said, "The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths."
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Wallace Stevens - b. 1879, d.1955
"The poet's function is to make his imagination the people's and he fulfills himself only as he sees his imagination become the light in the minds of others. His role, in short, is to help other people live their lives."
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Roald Dahl (b.1916) said, "A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."
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Edward P. Jones, short sotry writer and novelist b. 1950"
"If I write more, I will dedicate them to [my mother] as well. It is a small, small thing to do for one's creator."
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By Ambrose Bierce, born in Ohio, 1842:
"Bride - A woman with the fine prospect of happiness behind her."
"Saint - A dead sinner, revised and edited."
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By Katherine Anne Porter, born in Texas, 1890:
"My life has been incredible. I don't believe a word of it."
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By E. B. White, author of Charlotte's Web, born in Mount Vernon, NY, 1899
"All I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world."
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By Pablo Neruda, born in Parral, Chile 1904.
"All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are."
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Hunter S. Thompson,born in Louisville, KY, 1939.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
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Aldous Huxley, born in Surrey, England, 1894.
"An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex."
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Albert Eisnstein, born in Ulm, Germany, 1879
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination enriches the world."
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